Plow-fender.



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PLOW FENDER. APPLICATIONv Mr .nn 113.19, 1906.

REGIN ALD R. JONES, f OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

PLOW-FEN DER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application ned February 19,1906. seria No. 301,832.

To LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LREGINALDR. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Plow-Fender, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in i plow-fenders.

to pass beneath to the plants under cultiva-y tion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fender which will when set above the ground be adapted to permit sufficient soil to pass beneath it for covering up the grass and which will also be capable of working the clods back to the center of the furrow.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope lof the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention,

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fender constructed in accordance with this invention shown applied to the plow. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the horizontally-adjustable bracket or support. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the pivotally-mounted member which engages the arm of the fender. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating a slight modication of the pivoted member.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a plow-fender designed to be arranged at one side of a plow, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and provided with an upwardly extending arm or bar 2, which is secured at its lower end to the fender and which is adjustably connected at its upper end with the beam 3 of 6o the plow. The fender is interposed between the plow and the plants under cultivation to I preventV the latter from being injured by the soil turned over by the plow, and it is designed to be arranged either at the'surface of 65 the ground or a suitable distance above the same to permit the desired quantity of soil to pass beneath it to the plants under cultivation. By raising and lowering the fender the quantity of soil passing beneath the same 7o may be readily controlled.

The upper end of the arm or bar 2 is pierced by a bolt 1, which also passes through a pivoted member 5 and through a vertical slot 6 of a vertical portion 7 of a bracket or support 8. 7 5 The bracket or support 8 is approximately L-shaped and has a horizontal plate or member 9, which is rigid with the upwardlyextending portion or member 7 and which is arranged at right angles to the same. The 8o horizontal portion 9 of the bracket or support extends beneath the plow-beam 3 and is secured to the same by a substantially in verted-U-shaped clip 10, composed of two sides and a connecting top portion. The 8 5 lower ends of the sides are threaded to receive nuts 11, which engage the lower face of the bottom plate or member 9 of the support or bracket. The bottom plate or member is provided adjacent to the vertical member or 9o portion 7 with a perforation 12 to receive the adjacentside of the clip 10, and the other side of the clip passes through a curvedl or arcuate slot 13, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By this construction the bracket or support is pivotally mounted on the plow-beam and is adapted to be adjusted horizontally to swing the fender inwardly or outwardly toward and from the plow.

The pivoted member 5 consists of a disk or roo plate provided at its inner face with a recess 14, extending across the entire face of 'the pivoted member 5 and tapered from the periphery toward the center of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The vIc 5 recess 14 provides opposite shoulders for engaging the arm or bar of the feeder, which is thereby interlocked with the pivoted member 5, and at the same time the saidv pivoted' member 5 permits the fender to have a limited upward pass over a stone or other obstruction without injury. The pivoted member 5 is provided at the bottom with a plurality of teeth 15, which are adapted to beI engaged by a tooth or projection 16, extending upward from aflange or ledge 117 of the bracket or support, whereby the pivoted member 5 is positively locked against rotary movement on the bolt 4. The.l slot 6 permits the necessary vertical movement tothe plate 5 to engage the teeth 155 with and dlisengage them from the tooth 16. The teeth 15 form a curved rack, anyportion ofwhich is adapted to be engaged by the tooth 16, as will be readily understood. The rack 15 may be omitted and a smooth member 18, such as is illustrated Fig. 6, may be employed, and when the rack is not used the vertical? slot 6 is unnecessary, as the bolt 4 may be passed through a perforation ofthe vertical portion or-member 7 of the bracket or. support 8.

The tooth 116 and Jthe rack provide a positive lock for the pivoted member, and when they are not employed it is necessary to clamp the pivoted member tightly against the upright portion 7 of the bracket or support in order to hold the fender firmly in its vertical adjustment. The ledge 17, which extends outwardv from the bracket or support at the base ofthe vertical member 7 is formed integral with the said bracket or support and is preferably provided with an upwardlyextending wall or flange 19, which is adapted to increase the strength of the ledge. The ledge has its central portion concavedly curved" at its upper face to conform to the configuration ofthe bottom of the pivoted member.

The means for adjustably connecting the `upper endl ofthe inclined armv or bar of the fender to the low-beam permits the fender to befmovedf aterally toward and from the plow andvz also enables the said fender to be raised and lowered. By raising the fender above the surface of the ground a suflicient quantity of soil; may be permitted to pass beneath the fender to cover up-small blades of' grass without injuring the plants under cultivation', and they said fender'in this posi;- tioniwill' also-work backthe clods to the center of thefurrow and: prevent the samefrom being thrown upon vthe plants.

, Havingthus fully described my invention, what I cl'aim as new, and desireto-secure by Letters Patent, is-

1f. A device of the class d'escribedi, comprising ay bracket having a substantially horimovement for enabling it toy j Zontal portions,

zontal member, means for `pivotally connecting the said member to a plow-beam, a

Y vertically-disposed member pivotally mounted on the bracket, and means for connecting a fender with the pivoted member.

2. A device of the class described, comprisi-ng a bracket having upright and hori- Zontal portions, the horizontal portion being provided' with an arcuate slot, a clip for securing the bracket to a plow-beam, said clip having one of'its sides arrangedin the arcu- 1 ate slot to permit the bracket to-ha-veA a limf ited horizontal' pivotal movement, and means 'for pivotally i upright portion connectingA a fender with the of" the bracket.

3'. A device of the class described', corn-- prisinga bracket having upright and horia clipengagingthe horizontal portion of the bracket for securing thev l latter to a plbw-beam, said horizontal portion being pivoted on one sideof the clipl and: having arcuate means for adfjustably receifving the other side of the clip, and a pivoted member mounted on the upright portion of the bracket and arranged to receiye the arm of a fender.

4. A device of the class described comprising a bracket provided with anarcuatel slot, a cli'pfor securing the bracket to a plow, said clip having one of its sides arranged' in the arcuate slot to permit the bracket tolbe adjusted and adapted to= secure the bracket in its adjustment, and means mounted on the bracket for connecting a fender with the same.

5. A device ofthe class described?, coinprising a bracket, means for securing the same to a plow, and a fender-engaging member pivotally mountedv on the bracket, one ofA the said' parts being providerl with a tooth and the other having a-rack to beengaged' by the tooth, whereby the pivoted member is locked inits adjustment.

6. A device of-I the class described comprising a bracket having an upright portion and provided with an outwardly-projectingledge, means for'inounting the bracket ont a plow, a vertical member fitted against the upright portion ofthe bracket andl supported upon theledge and provided* at its inner face at a point above the'ledge with* airoppositellytapered recess forming' upper and lower shoulders for engaging the"l arm of alfender, and a fasteningy device-piercing the said member and extendingy through the uy right portion ofthe bracket and adapted* al) the arml of ay fender betweenI thesaid' member and the upright portion of the bracket.

7 A device of the class described, com.L prising a bracket having upright and! hori- Zontali portions andi providedI at the base of the upright portieril with an outwardlyeX- IIO so to pivot tending ledge, said upright portion having a In testimony that I claim the foregoing as vertical slot, a tooth projecting from the my own I have hereto aliXed my signature 1o ledge, and an adjustable member tted in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

against the upright portion of the bracket and having a pivot arranged in the slot of the I I REGINALD R JONES same7 said member being also provided at the Witnesses:

bottom with a curved rack arranged to be J. E. DIOKERSON, engaged by the said tooth. l JULIUs T. LEAs. 

